Arizona weekly citizen., 1887-01-15
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lGhGUllAIu Il
 ATLANTA, Ga, Jan. Tt has just been learned that the British government re- fuses to allow the Gate City Guards to enter England. Is is supposed this ac- tlon was taken because J. C. Burke is an Irishman. The Guards proposed to make tour of the principal cities of the continent ID full uniform and bearing arms, by special invitation. King Leo poid was to inspect them and be present at several of their public msnouVsrs.
 SAN FRAScIsCo. January 7-The Ex- amlner thIs morning publishes a letter from the alleged authors of the dyns- mite explosion on the cable road on Ninth street, Wednesday nlghi. The letter is written in red ink, on coarse. brick-colored paper, and is signed "Au- gust HoWltZ The letter states that the parties responsible for She explo- sion are members of a secret and power iGl organization which had it's birth ir Chicago, directly after the Haymnrket riots The letter further states tbst dyn6miters have no connection with the Garments Union, and that the latter is entirely ignorant oi who the dynGmiters are. The epistle concludes as follows: "We have programme lad out for a series of dynamite explosions and shall go forward in earnest if the roads per sist in refusing the carmen their just rights"
 CHICAGO, IL, January 7.-The mer- cury fell steadily ID this city until 1 D. n. yesterday when the thermometer reg. istered IA degrees below zero. and at 6 had risen to ten degrees below, and has since renamed stationary, and RccOr- ding to the signal service reports will remain so for the next 24 hours. At St. Paul toe thermometer stood at g de grees below. Shile in extreme northern Minnesota and Canadian stations had not sent m Bny report. At Davenport, IowH,the thermometer registered 20 de. grees below Zero.
 SAN FRANCISCO. Jan. 7.-Wholesale druggists, J. M. GreeHfelder 6 O., at j37 Market street, hEve assigned for the benefit Of their creditors. | he firm car ried E stock estimated aT over SI. .0OlGOD. The liabilities are not yet known. The faiidre was dne to a reduction in the price of goods dealt in by the firm.
 WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 7-Ihe Sen ate Commission on Printing. this morning began the study of certain problems involved ID the nomination of B nedict to be public printer, and Bene- dict was himself before the Commission for examination. No conclusion Was reached, and another meeting Is fo be held durIu z the week. It Id understood there are no tormulated charges agsiEst the nominee, but there are people who claim be ls hot practical printer CT bookbinder, and ID those respects do not meet the requirements of the law gov erning the appointment to this office.
 PHILADELPHIA, January 7-The Press Ss. Paul, Minn., special says. Col. William C. ClOugh, attorney for the Northern Pacific railroad, has prepared for use before congress an exhaustive statement Of the probably results should the interstate commerce bill become 6 law. He says IL would draw thrOu yh business from the northwest to Canada. He states at great length the subsidies and other advantages granted the Cana dian Pacific by the Dominion govern ncrt, including Its exemption from tax ation, and says this railway system stretches along the American border from ocean to ocean. It has already ar- ranged to tap all the great American centres of traffic within twelve months. IL vill be ID competition with American railroads at nll prominent points in the nortaer EtRtes for the American carry. ing trade. and it must have share of that trade to live, even under the extra ordinary conditions which IL eniOys. No Canadian railroad system can live one year excluded from the American carry ing trade. The Canadian system VIII oe Untrammelsd by any of the Testric- tions which American Legislation will impose on the American lines. IL will not be under the obligation even tO make its rates public. It will not be perplexed by any problem of long and short hauls, and It will be free to change it's rates from day to day, from hour to hour and from shipper to shipper. Auer- lcsn roads must go cut of competition with 1t. unless equally free.
 MADRAS, January Tt is officially stated that J0j persons were burned tO deaih in the incendiary fire, winch de stroyed the reserved enclosure Tn the peoples park last week.
 WASHINGTON. January Tn the se- cres session of the senate to-day the Mexican reciprocity treaty, which has long been waiting the action of the house of representatives necessary to carry it's provisions into effect. was brought up on proposition from the committee on foreign relations to ex- tend the time within which action
 |. g,N The r,wCr.rafssav w-Hraf1 was ID the nature of a protocol, extend inc the time in which congressional ac- ticn must be taken to May, 1888. was brought to vote and carried. This IS the second extension of time in cOnnec- tIon with this treaty.
 CLxyFLASp, Ohio, January 7-The in ouest into the cause of tine Baltimore E Ono wreck at Republic, Ohio. was beruu at , o'clock this afternoon at Tiain. \ special to the Leader says that the city hall where the inquest ia heinz held, was crowded. The first witness examined was l.. F. Fletcher. conductor of the freight tram. He said 1: sEd, Killer. wRs engineer of the freight train. and W. J. CuIlis0n, fireman. We ran from Tifiin tO Seneca siding, about three and one-half miles from here, aEd side tracked for the eastern express; after thls train passed, We had forty five minutes in which to make Republic sid ipg. We left this place with one hun dred and forty pounds of steam; alter getting two mIles, noticed that the tram was stacking, went forward over the cars. eighteen in number, to the engine to see what was wrong; found that the steam had run down to forty pounds, I opened the docr of the furnace and locked at the fire. then looked at my watch. and saw that we had but Tour minutes until No. 6. was due, l took the red and white lamps and ran ahead to flag her. l got about one hundred Yaris in the curve and signsled 10 stop, As the express approached l noticed that tbe engineer had reversed the englne. In the meantime She freight had come to n stand, and the engineer had shut off the steam and jumped of, when the collision occurred. The engineer had been dunking. saw him take two drinks ot vhiskey at Bloomda!e and two at fos- toria. When saw we had but Tour minutes to make the siding at Republic, the engineer did not seem to reSiiIe 'he danger ,.., t-.;-,..
 W. J. CullisoD, fireman of the a,i treiehi